Test For Your License

Where to find a testing session

Scheduling:

Testing sessions are offered at various times and places. Look in the listings below to find a session near you. Some areas offer testing on a regular schedule. In those locations, no appointment is necessary simply show up at the prescribed location for your exam. Please be on time!

In other areas, tests are given only when there is a need. In those areas, please contact the person or persons named herein for further information.

Please note: The Anchorage ARC VEC operates testing sessions only within the geographical boundaries of the State of Alaska. If you live in another state or country, even if your mailing address is not in Alaska, you can still test with our VEC. It is only the testing session itself that must take place within the state.

If you live in another state or country, you may wish to test with a different group. In such case, please try either the ARRL (American Radio Relay League) or the W5YI Group. Both of these organizations offer testing at many locations in the remaining 49 states.

Remote Testing

For those locations where there are not enough local hams to make up a conventional volunteer examiner team, we offer a “remote testing” program that lets individuals who live great distances from one of our regular testing locations take their exam over the Internet. This program was approved by the FCC (as of July 2014), in response to a petition filed by the Anchorage VEC in mid-July, 2011.

If this is your situation, contact us at ve@kl7aa.net or telephone 907.632.3963 for additional information.
Please note that it will take several days for us to make the necessary arrangements after we hear from you.

A few notes about remote testing:

This service is limited to individuals whose physical and legal address is within the State of Alaska. Please do not ask us about remote testing for persons living in other states.

Special Note: We are informed that the ARRL VEC does plan to offer remote testing to some applicants who live in other areas. If this is your situation, you should contact the ARRL VEC for more information.

Also, this service is NOT offered to Alaskan individuals who reside in a location where there are regularly scheduled exams. (see the list of regular exam locations, above)

There are certain technical requirements for remote testing. First among these is that there must be access to a high-speed Internet connection that can support full-motion video and concurrent audio. Most Alaskan towns have this option via the local school or medical clinic.